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PCNSA · Question #234

An administrator is investigating a log entry for a session that is allowed and has the end reason of aged-out. Which two fields could help in determining if this is normal? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. Packets sent/received B. IP Protocol. When monitoring the traffic logs using Monitor > logs > Traffic, some traffic is seen with the Session End Reason as aged-out. Any traffic that uses UDP or ICMP is seen will have session end reason as aged-out in the traffic log. This is because unlike TCP, there is there is no…

Submitted by saadiq_pk· Apr 18, 2026Operate

Question

An administrator is investigating a log entry for a session that is allowed and has the end reason of aged-out. Which two fields could help in determining if this is normal? (Choose two.)

Options

  • APackets sent/received
  • BIP Protocol
  • CAction
  • DDecrypted

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    81% (38)
  • C
    6% (3)
  • D
    13% (6)

Explanation

When monitoring the traffic logs using Monitor > logs > Traffic, some traffic is seen with the Session End Reason as aged-out. Any traffic that uses UDP or ICMP is seen will have session end reason as aged-out in the traffic log. This is because unlike TCP, there is there is no way for a graceful termination of UDP session and so aged-out is a legitimate session-end reason for UDP (and ICMP) sessions. Link: https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000PMjLCAW

Topics

#Log Analysis#Session Management#Troubleshooting#Firewall Logs

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